Curriculum Vitae

Photo credit Marco Borggreve

Academic Qualifications:

1979: BA (Hons.) in Music, York University (2:1) with Choral Scholarship to York Minster Choir, specialising in Composition (Wilfrid Mellers), Organ (Peter Seymour), and Singing (Yvonne Seymour). Founder/conductor of the York University Motet Choir. Grade 8 Piano

Work History

Professional singer

1994-2012: First baritone with The King's Singers: • More than 2,000 live concert performances in countries spread over four continents

Over 100 live and recorded radio and television broadcasts;

25 commercial CD and DVD recordings;

2009 Grammy Award winner for CD "Simple Gifts";

2010 MIDEM Award winner for "The King's Singers: Live at the BBC Proms" DVD

2012 Grammy Award winner for Eric Whitacre's Light and Gold CD. The King's Singers recorded the track "The Stolen Child".

1982-1993: Bass Lay Clerk, Salisbury Cathedral Choir

1979-1993: Freelance soloist and consort singer

Performed with many of the top ensembles of the day, including the BBC Singers, The Sixteen, The Taverner Choir, CM90;

Deputised regularly for the choirs of Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and St. Paul's Cathedral. Lay Clerk at Southwark Cathedral.

Education

2012-Present: Wells Cathedral Specialist Music School:

Taught Vocal Studies at Wells Cathedral Specialist Music School since September 2012.

1994-2012: The King's Singers Masterclasses:

Over 300 masterclasses and workshops conducted in schools and universities throughout the world, including at Notre Dame, Duke, and Michigan State universities in the USA

Sustained a biennial teaching post as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany;

New and second-hand music dealership, specialising in choral and organ music, sustaining trade accounts with all major UK publishing houses.

Personal

When not conducting workshops and classes, I assist my wife as best I can with the bringing up of our three daughters, but sadly none of them has inherited my passion for soccer! I am also keen on things as diverse as chess, Real Ale, church architecture, trains, poetry and Napoleonic History. I also consider composing and arranging as a hobby, because I enjoy it so much!